58. BTS of my Book Shower - Celebrating Professional Accomplishments with Upasna Gautam

Have you ever considered organizing a special event to honor your own professional achievements? 

Join Amanda as she shares a special conversation about the concept of a book shower - similar to a wedding or baby shower, but for career milestones. She is joined by her friend Upasna Gautam who offered to host a book shower for her to celebrate her upcoming book launch. Learn the ins and outs of creating an intentional space for connection and honoring an achievement through Amanda's experience. Get tips on how to choose the right atmosphere, outfit, activities, and much more!

Tune into this episode to discover how to create a meaningful event to celebrate your professional successes!

Upasna is a Senior Product Management leader on the Digital News Platforms team at CNN, where she develops and builds the content management technology that delivers breaking news to the world.

[00:01 - 07:49] Opening Segment

• The book shower for Amanda's book journey

• A way to honor and celebrate Amanda's achievement of writing a book

• How the event was an opportunity for intentional networking and exchanging knowledge and wisdom

• Honor and celebrate Amanda's hard work and long-held dream

[07:50 - 15:37] Celebrating Connections: A Magnificent Gathering

• A meaningful and honoring celebratory activity with meaningful and intentional networking

• Combination of two activities: sound bath experience and writing affirmations on blank cards

• The goal was to make sure everyone left with new connections and friendships

• A curated list of 15-20 people who were supportive of Amanda's journey

[15:38 - 22:15] An Intentional and Spiritual Experience

• Amanda shares what Mother's Blessings ceremonies involve

• An intentional space to honor the transition into motherhood

• How Upasna & Amanda set up the dress code and gifts on a book shower

[22:16 - 29:38] How to Create an Intimate Gathering for a Loved One

• Why documenting and sharing the experience was an important part of the process

• The goal of the book shower was for everyone to be fully present

• Content captured can be used to share about the book journey and look back on it later

[29:39 - 37:12] Closing Segment

• Choose something that is a dream and put an intention out there

Want to connect with Upasna? Follow her on Instagram & Twitter.

Key Quote:

"At the end of it all, women have a lot more to celebrate and milestones to celebrate in life than just marriage and children." - Upasna Gautam

Learn more by connecting with Amanda through Instagram or visit AmandaKuda.com. 

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